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    Reliability of current Mercury portable four strokes 9.9 to 20 HP

    Looking to purchase new 2014 or 2015 Lund A-14 with 15 HP Mercury portable four stroke outboard. Has reliability improved in the 9.9 to 20 HP range motors? My last boat had some motor reliability issues and was just wondering if reliability has improved. The biggest issues I had were mainly...
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    Change oil? yes or no?

    Getting ready to winterize my 15 HP Yamaha four stroke outboard. Question is this,...since it is not fully broke in yet(about four hours run time),should I go ahead and change the engine oil anyway or wait until the ten hour break in is up? Since I have never winterized a four stroke outboard...
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    Is Yamaha really buying Lund Boat Company?

    Received a phone call from a dealer who was following up on a boat brochure request this evening and told them I currently own a Lund with a Yamaha outboard. He then proceeded to ask me if Yamaha had bought Lund because he had heard they did. My response was 'I don't know,...haven't heard...
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    Decided to stay with four stroke motor,...upgrading to a Yamaha this week!

    Not more than a month ago,I posted a thread here at iboats about the possibility of repowering my 2010 Lund A-14 with an older two stroke Evinrude or Johnson motor. Well,I'm still going to repower,...but I am staying with a four stroke motor and going with Yamaha! I chose to stay with a four...
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    3.5 HP to 15 Hp Evinrude four stroke portables seen on Evinrude site

    Just came from the Evinrude E-TEC site and seen that Evinrude has a small line of four stroke portables from 3.5 to 15 HP,...and they look identical to Tohatsu motors! So this begs the question,...if Tohatsu is making these motors for Evinrude now,...who is making Mercury's portables now since...
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    Where to find 1990 or newer Evinrude or Johnson outboard,short shaft,..15 HP!

    Just last year I purchased a 2010 Lund A-14 utility-v bottom row boat and went with a 15 HP four stroke Mercury outboard,...which I am now regretting going with a four stroke,...they just DON'T have the torque that a two stroke has. Also,...the cost of maintaining a four stroke is much more than...
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    15 HP Mercury four stroke running great

    Just this last spring I aquired(well,purchased,...actually,however you choose to word it)a new 2010 Lund A-14 with a 15 HP Mercury four stroke outboard that has a Yamaha powerhead(Serial number is 1B487957,...check it if you don't believe me because the motor is a leftover 2007 model). Still in...
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    Will the "Sta-Bil Marine Formula" fuel stabilizer void my new motor warranty?

    Will the "Sta-Bil Marine Formula" fuel stabilizer void my new motor warranty? Don't know if this has been asked by other Mercury outboard owners or not,but when I picked up my new boat recently,I forgot to grab a bottle of Mercury's fuel stabilizer,...on top of the fact that the dealer did not...
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    Just curious,,,weight of 15 HP E-TEC H.O.

    It has been awhile back,but I am just curious as to what the weight was for Evinrude's new 15 HP E-TEC H.O. (Admittedly,I have been a bit skeptical of the E-TEC motors as a whole,...though I am NOT slamming them in any way,...I had been questioning whether or not you can really run them full...
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    Optimax vs. E-TEC

    Not trying to start an arguement here,but just curious to know which motor you think is best. Which motor would you trust over the other? Let's go with Optimax and E-TEC motors from 75 HP on up,okay! I used to be an Evinrude guy,but went back to Mercury for personal reasons,...(a little 15 HP...
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    New A-14 on the way!

    In just a matter of days I should have my new A-14. I am waiting delivery on it since it had to be ordered. It is going to have a 15 HP Mercury four stroke outboard for power,...no more mixing gas and oil and NO MORE having to breathe oil smoke. I am itching to get out and catch those pre-spawn...
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    Fuel economy on 15 HP Merc four stroke,...what to expect?

    I am still waiting delivery on my new 2010 Lund A-14 utility-v bottom boat that will have a 15 HP Mercury four stroke outboard for power as the A-14 is rated for 15 HP max. Compared to my old 18 HP Evinrude Fastwin 18 on my current boat which is being traded for the Lund,what kind of fuel...
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    New Lund A-14 on the way

    I have a new Lund A-14 utility-v bottom boat on the way that will have Mercury power(15 HP Tohatsu built four stroke). It should arrive by spring and I have retired,..as well as traded in,...the old Sea Nymph 14R. I prefer these little utility-v bottoms as I visit smaller 120 to 250 acre lakes...
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    They're telling me to stay away from Honda!

    I just came from a fishing website I belong to and one or two guys have told me to stay away from Honda and that they are the worst outboards made! At this point,I refuse to believe that. They did not state any particular reasons why,though,...yet they strongly recommend Tohatsu motors. There...
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    This will make you sick

    Guys,...I am telling ya,...this will make you sick! Go over to youtube.com,look up the video titled "Boat Motor Blowup'. The video is by cheapbeater55. This putz takes a what apperas to be a fine piece of Evinrude machinery from the 1950's and purposely runs it half to full throttle WHILE NOT...
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